The British in North Australia 1824-29: Fort Dundas
[Northern Territory], Australia: Privately printed, 2017. Tall octavo, illustrated printed wrappers, xi, 200 pp., two additional pages of advertisements included at the back (unpaginated), illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout, some maps and tables included, five appendices included. As new. First edition. A history of the first outpost of Europeans in Australia's north. Fort Dundas was built on Melville Island in the Northern Territory in 1824 and manned by soldiers, marines and convicts. The harsh conditions, remoteness and privation, the slavery, piracy and greed of the new inhabitants, and the battles with the Indigenous Tiwi islanders led to the fort being abandoned in 1829. In an engaging and compelling fashion, Derek Pugh tells these stories and more. Item #4531
Price (AUD): $50.00